10 Restaurants in Detroit You Need to Visit ASAP

The eclectic restaurants found in Detroit, Michigan, range from charming spots displaying comfort food menus, to modern hangouts that are serving upscale dishes. There’s no shortage of old favorites and hip new places to scope out in Motor City, with something for everyone. From quirky sandwiches to seafood taken seriously, we found ten of the best places to eat in Detroit for you to check out tonight.

To get to well-hidden bar and restaurant Standby, you have to make your way through an alley and into an old elevator shaft. Their drinks are top-notch, with a food menu to match. Dishes include Moroccan steak, duck fat fried almonds, and milk-braised lamb with black trumpet mushrooms and mint.

7. Savannah Blue

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Savannah Blue is putting a contemporary spin on soul food, serving it up in a comfortable setting amongst a cool clientele. Their menu features a roasted sweet potato bisque, braised oxtail, shrimp and grits, fried chicken with a maple pecan sauce, and cast-iron peach berry cobbler.

6. Stache International

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Stache International is an upscale sandwich shop, smoking and curing their meats in house. Even though it’s a sandwich shop, Stache International is undoubtedly one of the great Detroit restaurants. ‘The Uncle Jesse’ is made up of wine and lemon marinated lamb, grilled onions, market fresh tomato, melted kasseri cheese and tzatziki sauce on spiced sourdough bread. ‘The Happy Drunk’ features sausage marinated in beer and butter.

3. Pop’s for Italian

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Wine bar and pizzeria Pop’s for Italian is a family affair, the owner’s grandparents were Italian immigrants. This love for Italy is apparent in every dish off of the restaurant’s delicious menu, including carbonara with crispy pancetta, parmesan breaded bone-in pork chop, potato pizza, and fried artichokes.

2. Huron Room

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If the massive fish popping out of the restaurant’s roof didn’t tip you off, Huron Room is a seafood lover’s paradise. The menu features beer-battered fish tacos, freshwater hush puppies, an apple walnut friseé salad, fish and chips, and a fried white perch sandwich with smoked mayo on an onion roll.

1. La Rondinella

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La Rondinella is a quirky little corner restaurant, bright blue on the outside and warm and cozy on the inside. Their Italian menu boasts pasture-raised lamb shoulder with polenta, a squid and potato stew, meatballs in a marinara sauce, and salt cold fritters.

Do you think we left out any great Detroit restaurants? Leave a comment below and tell us where you think some of the best places to eat in Detroit are!